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“inconditionnel” and “inconditionnels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,296
“inconditionnel” frequency rank
#48,600
“inconditionnels” frequency rank
70896
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inconditionnel inconditionnels
Definition Qui est sans condition, sans réserve, total. Masculin pluriel de inconditionnel.

Same sound, different letters: inconditionnel vs inconditionnels

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. inconditionnel runs 14 letters (VCCVCCVCVVCCVC) against inconditionnels's 15 (VCCVCCVCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
inconditionnel
15 ch
inconditionnels

Homophone desk: inconditionnel vs inconditionnels

This is the hard kind. inconditionnel and inconditionnels are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “inconditionnel” sits inside “inconditionnels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70896, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inconditionnel is recorded at frequency rank #22,296, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\. inconditionnels is at rank #48,600, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 70896, this pair ranks #49,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inconditionnel vs inconditionnels

Shared letters: cdeilnot. Private to "inconditionnel": -. Private to "inconditionnels": s.

"inconditionnel" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCCVC  ·  "inconditionnels" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inconditionnel ← icnonditionnel · incconditionnel · incnoditionnel · incodnitionnel · incondditionnel · incondiitonnel · inconditinonel · inconditionel
  • inconditionnels ← icnonditionnels · incconditionnels · incnoditionnels · incodnitionnels · incondditionnels · incondiitonnels · inconditinonels · inconditionels

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "inconditionnel" and "inconditionnels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "inconditionnel" or "inconditionnels" show up more?
"inconditionnel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,296 in our French list, against #48,600 for "inconditionnels". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inconditionnel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inconditionnels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inconditionnel" and "inconditionnels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inconditionnelle vs inconditionnels". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #49,572 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list